The Midwest Pipe Band Association

 

 

2025 Entry Form 

 

  • The Terry McHugh Memorial Amateur Solo Piping Contest is on March 29, 2025, in Park Ridge, near Chicago.

  • There are no regional qualifier contests; the contest may be entered directly.

  • The cost to enter either the Piobaireachd or Light Music event is $11.00 USD.

  • To enter both light music and piobaireachd events, submit this form twice.

  • The on-time entry deadline is Sunday March 9, 2025, with a grace period of 1 week for late entrants for which a late fee of $10.00 will be assessed per event.

  • No refund of entry fees will be made for events entered but not competed in unless the event is cancelled.

  • Contest entry is open to current solo members of the MWPBA and other associations within ANAPBA with reciprocal membership agreement.

  • Address all questions on the contest to MWPBA President Jim Sim.

  • Current MWPBA contest rules apply.   Grade 2 and Grade 3 piping ties will be broken by 2/4 March result.

  • In each event, the competitor may play selections of their choosing, and need only submit 1.

  • All light music tunes must be 4-parted.  (Grade 5 players have the option of playing 4 parts of 2/4 march, rather than a single 4-parted 2/4 march.) 

  • The events offered are:

Piping, Light Music:

  • Grade 1: MSR
  • Grade 2: 2/4 March + S/R
  • Grade 3: 2/4 March + S/R
  • Grade 4 Senior: 4-parted 2/4 March
  • Grade 4 Junior: 4-parted 2/4 March
  • Grade 5 Senior: 4 parts of 2/4 March
  • Grade 5 Junior: 4 parts of 2/4 March

Piobaireachd:

  • Grade 1: Full piobaireachd
  • Grade 2: Full piobaireachd
  • Grade 3: Full piobaireachd
  • Grade 4: Ground + next Variation

 

The piping contest details are as follows.

Contest Time and Location

Terry McHugh Memorial
Amateur Solo Contest

Sat, March 29 -- Park Ridge, IL

 

(On-time entry deadline March 9)

Sat, March 29, 2025

Doors open 9:00am

Contest starts 10:00am

Park Ridge Presbyterian Church,
1300 W. Crescent Avenue,
Park Ridge, IL 60068

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